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Eli Drinkwitz shares his assessment on Missouri’s spring QB competition
By Michael Daly
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Eli Drinkwitz assessed the competition between Missouri’s quarterbacks during the spring practices.
Last season, Missouri reached a bowl game for the 2nd consecutive season under Drinkwitz. The team’s quarterback play in 2022 was a major contributor to the team’s success. While appearing on WJOX 94.5 FM’s McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning, Drinkwitz mentioned the stiff competition between his quarterbacks throughout the spring season.
.@MizzouFootball’s @CoachDrinkwitz joined the guys on @macandcube to discuss his assessment of the Tigers’ QB room at this point in spring ball. pic.twitter.com/YnJt7D7lAq
— WJOX 94.5 FM (@WJOX945) March 24, 2023
“The only thing better than a little competition is a lot of competition and we just know that Brady [Cook] did a really solid job for us, but we have to play better at a lot of different places in order to get to where we want to be. We are not satisfied with being a .500 football team. We’ve got to improve and everybody has to raise their level of play,” Drinkwitz said. “Brady missed the spring with an injury, so Jake [Garcia] was able to get accustomed, Sam [Horn] missed the spring with a baseball injury and he finished the last few weeks at full speed.”
With 5 months remaining in the offseason, Cook is the likely favorite to win the starting job based on his experience. Last season, Cook passed for 14 touchdowns, 7 interceptions, and 2,724 yards in 13 games. Aside from Cook, Horn is the only quarterback on the roster to make an appearance in 2022.
Missouri will have 5 months to decide the winner of the quarterback competition.
